cancer research
Tumor science field
Cancer research is the scientific study of cancer—its causes, prevention, detection, and treatment.
The field spans laboratory work on cell biology, clinical trials of new therapies, and epidemiological studies of risk factors.
She devoted her career to cancer research.
Billions of dollars flow into cancer research annually.
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- biomarkersMeasurable disease indicators
- early detectionFinding something at onset
- risk factorsElements increasing adverse outcomes
- clinical trialsControlled health research experiments
mammography · apoptosis · oncogenes · epigenetics · angiogenesis · white blood cells · gene therapy · drug development · DNA repair · monoclonal antibodies · gene expression · immunology · colonoscopy · survival rates · cells · personalized medicine · radiation · oncology
- Biomedicineanatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, immunology
- Medical Sciencegenetics, immunology, antibiotics, penicillin, DNA
- charitiesRed Cross, food bank, food banks, homeless shelter, homeless shelters
- research fieldsclimate studies, space exploration, particle physics, astronomy, marine biology
- research initiativesclinical trials, genome project, space program, field study, pilot study
- medical researchclinical trial, drug trial, clinical trials, vaccine trial, clinical studies
cancer researchcancer treatment
Medical intervention for malignancy
patient care · palliative care · cancer surgery · hospice care · chemotherapy
cancer researchdisease prevention
Measures blocking illness onset
public health · health maintenance · preventive medicine · healthy living